How we set a book in lead
Twenty-six letters, a composing stick and eleven hours a page.
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Setting a page by hand takes about eleven hours, and a mistake means starting again. The result is a page with a bite and a depth that digital printing cannot quite copy.
Why we still do it
Setting by hand slows the editors down enough to notice the book.
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What we look for in a manuscript
Eight hundred manuscripts a year, and a very short list.
Why we print a translator's note
A translation is a second author, and deserves a page.
In praise of the quiet bookshop
A room, a stranger's recommendation and an hour with nothing to do.
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